Lamp-fixture



(No Model.)

G. (J. THOMAS.

LAMP FIXTURE.

No. 314,080. Patented Mar. 17, 1885 N. PEYERS, Hula-mm vw, VhJIIIg'on. 0. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. THOMAS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

LAMP-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,080, dated March 17, 1885.

Application filed October 6, 1884. (No model To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. THOMAS, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lamp Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present improvement is to provided a very cheap yet novel lamp-fixture frame.

The improvement consists in alampfixture frame made ofa strip or strips of sheet metal curved edgewise in the direction of the length, and having perforations or cuttings at the outer edge.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a partly-sectional side view of a lamp-fixtnre frame embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3isa partlysectional side View of a lampfixture frame of modified form embodying my improvement; and Fig. 4 is a bottom view or inverted plan of a lamp-fixture frame of modified form embodying the improvement.

Similar letters of reference designate corre sponding parts in all the figures.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a lamp-fixture frame in which is a strip of sheet metal, a, bent edgewise and cut or perforated along the outer edge. The cutting or perforation shown is made by indenting or embossing the sides near the outer edge and cutting it from the outer edge inward. Preferably I form the cuttings or perforations first, and then bend the strip in accordance with a process for which I have already filed an application for Letters Patent.

The ends of the strip are cut so as to produce parallel edges, and rods or upright arms I) are secured to them. These rods or arms are made of metal. They may be split to embrace the ends of the strip and secured thereto by rivets, solder, or other means. They are intended to have attached to their upper ends chains for suspending the frame.

A pull-piece or finial, a, will preferably be fastened to the lower portion of the strip a. It may be made of metal. Preferably it will be split or bifurcated so as to embrace the strip a, and secured thereto by rivets, solder, or equivalent means.

Ihe lanip fixture frame shown in Fig. 3 has two strips of metal, a and a. which are made like the strip a of the lamp-fixture frame first described, except that they are severally about half the length. They are joined at the pullpiece or finial c by rivets, solder, or other suitable means. In other respects the frame shown in Fig. 3 may be like the one shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The lamp-fixture frame shown in Fig. atis like the one shown in Fig. 3, except that three 7 strips, a, a", and a, like the strips a and a shown in Fig. 3, are united by the pull-pieee or finial c.

The pull-piece orfinial 0 may extend above the strips 0. a a shown in the several figures, to form a protuberance capable of entering a cavity in a lamp-reservoir. Instead of employing such a holder for a lamp-reservoir, I may attach a cup-shaped reservoir-holder to the frame.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a lamp fixture frame made of astrip or strips of sheet metal curved edgewise in the direction'of the length, and having cuttings or perforations at the outer edge, substantially as specified.

GEORGE C. THOMAS.

\Vitnesses:

T. J. KEANE, EDWARD T. ROCHE. 

